Casket-panel



n. J. REYNULDS.

GASKET PANEL. APPucAImN FILED ocT.24. lala.

Patented J une 15, 1920;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

DELBEBT J. REYNOLDS, F MINNEAPOLIS, IVIIN'NESOVLA.` ASSTGNOR TO JAMES W.DE CAMP, 0F BLACKVJELL, OKLAHOMA.

CASKET-PANEL Spceication of Letters Paten t.

Pntcnled lime l5, 19M).

Application led Octobe'iv 24, 1918. Serial No. 259,578.

To all '1. may conifere.'

Be it imm. n that l, DnLnEn'r fl. RnY'noLns, :L citizen of the UnitedStates, residir-gri nt Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin nml Stuteof llilnnesotn, lnive invented certain new and nsefnl Improvements inCasket- Pnnels, ol' which the following is n. specificetion.

This invention hns es its object the provision of n panel for cnskets.and more pertionlnrly n panel designed for applirntion to the lirl orone orl more of the wells of a transparent, translucent, or opaque glosscasket.

The invention contemplates the prrwision of means whereby thf` lid orone or more Walls of a glass cnslret may be furnished with o permanentembellishment initially Seperate from the casket but readily sttnchnhlcthereto in a. manner to become snhstantially an integral part thereof sothat even to the hist momentin the burial periofl the casket will 'etninall oF its fen-tures of embellishment instead oi. being stripped, es isat present customary, prior to lowering of the casket into the grove, ofthe flowers, Wreaths, symbolic praphernalia and the like with which ithad been previously decorated. I

The invention further has as its object to so construct the casket andthe panel to be applied thereto that the panels may he mede in variousdesigns representative, for ex ample, of floral wreaths or sprays, theemf f blerns of fraterno] orders, religions emblems und the like, orthe, panels may be designed to receive religious paraphernalia such forexemple as scapnlnrs, holy water founts, photographs, written records,ohtimry notiees, printed metter, trinkets, and the like, thns enablingthe purchaser of one of the enslets to make a, selection from s greetvariety of designs.

Assnrface ornamentation in relief may nt hestNonly ,imperfectly imitatethe iiornl design or the like with which the casket is to heembellished, it is the ohject of the invention to so construct the panel'that when in pince upon the casket there will loe pro flncefl on almostundetectable facsimile of the wreath, spmy. or other emhollishing (lesign, appearingr es:v though luifl hnnenth the glass lil of the cnslrvtin a 'fn-:nner tu he \fi:-hle therethrough. ln order to prodl" thisnaturel e.. cfr-t the presen( invention Lion ten'ililntes the molllinarjof the insign or enll'ellinlznent in that 'fece oi thi` panel which isto vontnct the lill of the raisin-t, whether the panel lnnppliml to theonto; nurture of the lid as in om torni of the invention or to the innersw'lnce of the liil n in finotlnl. form. The panels being; of olenrglass will` of course, display the ilesiggn or cmhellisln nient in nlrigfhly artistic anni' nill-:iitve ninn- .ner nml, :is :more sintoli,to nil'wi the sinenol vision hy an impression of the notan-:il articleor flesigll itself' lnifl hvnvnfl': :nnl within the trnnspnl'ent lill ofthe meloni.

A further object it the invention in con Struetin y' the pnnel ns.;lle-fore sinteil, 1;` lo add to t le permnnency of the design or emhellisl'iment beyond that which it would pos sess if molded in reliellnpon the outer 1:

exposed surface of the panel, for in the lutter instance there would helikelihood of por- 'tions of the embellishment heine" broken oil or thepeint or enamel scarred or soiled so ns to detract from the beauty ofthe panel.

Another object of the invention is lo provide means wl'ierchy the onnelmuy llo readily applied and permanently severed to the lid o1 the casketso as to become n permanent enti substantially integral part thereof,und without the use of bolts or any other fasteningE devices requiringthe drill ing of holes.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure i vis o perspective view illustrating the pmlel embodying thepresent invention applied to the lid of n gloss ensket;

Fig. is a vertical transverse sertional view through the puni-,l andcasket illustrating the manner in which the panel is er ranged whenapplied to the outer fece of the lid;

Fig. 3 is a. similar view het illustrating the panel applied to theinner' fece of the onsket lid;

Fig. 4 is e perspective Viewl of the panel loolrinlnr nt the obverseside thereof;

Fig. 5 is a similar View looking nt the reverse side thereof;

Fig.` 6 is e fragmenten perspective View of :t portion of the panelillustrating the manner in which the design or embellishment is to hemolded therein;

Fig. 7 is n view similar to Fig. 3 illus` tratinj; e modified form ofpnnel.

lill

il t) ln tludritwiirggs tlm body of tliiI uasll'et is indicated ingeneral by the nlnurral l and ilu: lid liy tlnomni-ral 2.. llu: saidIlody and lid heini; molded 'roni fins-a :und tlnA lill livingvprirl'irulllly trunrlrulsely furvuol rleurlv shown in Vins: l! :tml flol' tho drowings. ln that torni ol' tlw` invention Ishown in Fin'. 2 olltlm druwingrs, the lid i.'-: formell in its; oppor or outer Miriam witha r-:lnillow 1li-pression or rrross Il to recoil/wille panel, the saidrrvess having its bottoni will, indicated by the numeral f1,transversely curved to minfin-in to the curvature of the said surA faceof the lid. 'llie :side wnlls 5 of the dopression or recess :l are:..nla'itantiztlly por-- pendieular und therefore oroupy substairtiall)I parallel plaines. l n llmt lorni of the invention shown in Fig.3 ol the drawings, the under or inner surfer-e oi" the casket lill isformed with :i remeras o1.' depression (i oorresponiling to the rervss'l and having a bottom wall l tinnswrsefly curved to worrespond to tlu`narratori of the lid, and per peinlirulnr side wells 8. Oi" course, in'the first described torni the panel will lie ap plied to the outer orupper side ol the lid, whereas in the second desrrrilied ,Forni thepanel will be applied to the under or inner side of' the lid. In eitherevent the panel will be of clear glass and the said panel is indicatedin general in the drawings by the numeral The panel in marginal outlineis here illustrated as rectangular although it will be understood thatit may loe Circular, oval, or of any other desired marginal routeur. Thesaid panel transversely euri/ed and therefore its convex nud coni-:irelaces describe substzuitially a. portion of n. ':ylindrieal suriare.1and, of course, the curvature of the panel, rorresponijls; to thetransverse rurvaturo of the casket lid f2. When the panel is to beapplied to the outer or upper surface of the casket lid its Coni'ex farewill be smoothly finished, and the design or embellishment, indicated.in genera-l by the numeral l0. will he molded in its Conf-.uve faire asclearly shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings. In producing the designor ernbellishment` the same is molded or pressed in the said concavefoce of the panel as indicated by the numeral 11, and the depressedsui-feces are then stained, painted enameled, or otherwise tren-ted toproduce the colors of the natural articles represented. 0f course, inproducing the design in this manner. the same Will be visible. throughthe convex face of the panel. and the impression received will be'thatof the natural article represented, laid or arranged beneath the 'top ofthe lid. Of course, in some instances if desired` ss for example inreligious symbols or the emblems of fraternal orders the design may berepresented by frosting the sinne upon the under surface or concave sideof the panel or ily frosting the entire under surlavo ol' the panel`with the xuoption ol portions which define the design to liorepresizl'ited.

ln the l'orm ol the invention just desrrilieil, the panel 9 llas itsedges beveled :it itsl rouw-i; l'znro its indiratwl by the nu nim-alli). and ronsmpiently when tlio panel is disposi-.il within the row-,ssil iu the inannnr cloni-tv shown in` llig, 2 of the dra wings, :t groovelll will be formed lil-.turen the walls 5 of the recess or depressionand the beveled wilgen 12 of the panel l). After the panel lisis beendisposed in place as shown in the said ligure` n suitablerement, as forexample water-glass, indicated ,by the nu moral llt is poured into thegroove 13 and allowed to harden flush with the transVV verselyv Curvedor rounded upper surfaces of the panel and casket lid. As this cement isof itself transimrent, its presence will lie linrely noticeable if it iscarefully plnoed, und museonently the lines nlt division lietweuu theedpes nl the panel and the Casket' lid will he Jaioiallyindistintuishable, although lor tnapurpi'iso ol' illustration theselines Ahave been greatly exaggerated in Fig. 1 of the drawings in orderthat the outline of the panel may be defined in the said g'ure.

In that forni of tbe invention shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, thedesign or eml'iellishrnent is molded 1n the convex surface of the paneland the under or conca ve surfare of the pane] is ,left smooth. In thisons@ however, the design or embellishment will lie visible through thetransparent ylid 2. Also in this form oi panel the edges thereolE arebeveled at the concave side so as to provide. the cement receivingpgroove as shown in the said Fig. 3.

Tn both forms of the invention it will be evident that the design orembellishment molded in or carried by the panel will be visible througha transparent medium. in one instance the panel itself and the otherinstance the lid of the casket. Tn any event the impression received b vthe eve will be substantially the seme and, its before point ed out,will be that of the natural flowers, orfotlier objects represented inthe design. arranged in :in nrtistic and attractive matr ner within thelid and beneath the top thereof.

As before stated the panel when united. by the cement to the casket lid`heroines substantially an integral part of the lid, restoring; to thelid the thickness initiallyV lost by the formation of the recess in thelid,

and also compensating' for any weakening; i.

effect upon the .lid due to the formation of this recess. r

The panel shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings is provided in its upper facewith n recess or pocket 15 into which may be placed a photograph,papers, religious paraphernalia, or in fact any article or articles 16which it is desired to inter with the body.

VWhile the panel is illustrated in the drawin s as applied to the lid.of the casket, it will be readily understood that similar panels may beapplied to any one or more walls of the casket. It will also beunderstood that the panels may be applied to glass caskets whethertransparent, translucent, or opjque. 4

While the panels to be employed have been heretofore described asossessing certain characteristics,v it will e understood that thesepanels may if desired be made of cut glass in various artistic designsand may be applied to various parts of the casket so as to give to thecasket the appearance of being in its entirety of cnt glass. In thismanner n. highly ornamental casket may be produced at a relatively lowcost.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as newvis:

l. The combination wlth a transparent casket wall having a recesstherein, of a transparent embellishing panel disposed within the recessembellisment visible because parenc 2. T e combination with a casketWall having a recess therein, of a transparent om bellishing paneldisposed within the :es: and bearing a desi n or embellishment visiblebecause of sai transparency, the edges 'of the panel being beveled Wherftc -ovide between them and the walls of the recess, a groove, and cementoccupying said groove.

3. The combination with a casket wall having a transparent portionformed with a recess, of a transp. xt pc el of the same material as thecasket wi "l seated Within the recess and having ses face whichconfronts the inner wall of the recess provided with a representation ofan colors produced in In testimon DELBER of said trans the seid face inrelief. whereoI alx my si iature. J. REYNOLDS. L. 5.]

and bearlng a design or.

object 1n appropriate 45

